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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV L. JAEGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PICTURE EXHIBITOR AND RECEPTACLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,895, dated November 21, 1882.

' Application filed August 2, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV L. JAEGER, a

York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Picture Exhibitors and Receptacles, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a picture exhibitor and receptacle having a hinged or movable false bottom, the lid or cover of which is provided with a flange, and the whole being so arranged that when the lid or cover is raised the false bottom will be raised to give ready access to the contents of the receptacle, while the lid or cover forms a support for the display of various objects. The receptacle is also provided with a clamp or clamps for the support of a lens or eye-piece, through which the various objects supported on the lid may be viewed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figurel is a transverse section of the receptacle when open. Fig. 2 is a top view of the receptacle when open. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the receptacle when closed.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates the body of the receptacle, which is provided with a lid or cover, B, swinging on the same. This cover is provided with a flange, a, upon which rests the edge of the hinged .or movable false bottom 0 of the portfolio. When the lid or cover B is closed down the movable false bottom 0 lies down low in the receptacle A, enabling the lid or cover to be tightly shut down and securing the contents from dust or any interference. When the cover is raised the flange or. causes the movable false bottom 0 to rise to an inclined position, as shown, so that ready access is had to the contents of the portfolio. The movablefalse bottom 0 being hinged or jointed to the receptacle at the edge opposite to that lyingnextto the flange a, and being alsojointed to said flange a or to the lid B, said lid, when opened, will fall back to an inclined position, as shown in Figs.l, 4:, and 5, in which position it is held by the false bottom through its connection with the lid, and the bottom walls of the receptacle, the length and construction of the false bottom being such that when the lid has fallen back to the proper inclination the false bpttom will be stretched tight and act as a brace to sustain the lid, thus forming a convenient support for various objects which it is desired to display-as,for example, drawings, pictures, photographs, stereoscopic views,and the like, which, after having been viewed, can be placed in the receptacle and the latter closed to protect the contents.

A clamp or clamps, d, may also be provided at the side of the receptacle facing the openlid. Into this clamp may be placed an eye-piece or lens, E, for enlarging the objects resting on the open lid B, thus allowing them to be more readily viewed.

This receptacle is very convenient for keepin g drawings,photographs, stereoscopic views, and similar objects, which may be securelyinclosed in the portfolio, or readily taken out and viewed, as above set forth, and by makingthe receptacle of some pleasing designas in the form of abook, an album, or the like-the same will form an ornamental object for a room.

In the drawings the movable false bottom 0 is represented as being made of rigid material; but of course I may make the same of cloth or muslin or other flexible material, or of tapes, without departing from the nature of my invention.

I am aware that a patent has been granted to me November 15, 1870, No. 109,323, in which is shown a box having an apron, one end of,

which apron is secured to the box and the other to the cover, so that on opening said cover the apron is raised, and I do not claim such a device herein.

Fig. at shows a modification in the construction of the picture exhibitor and receptacle, the false bottom 0 not being jointed to thelid or cover B, but resting on a tape or string, H, which tape or string is attached to the lid B and to the edge of the receptacle opposite the open lid, thus allowing the lid to fall back only a certain distance, and also raising the false bottom 0 to an inclined position, as shown.

Fig. 5 shows a further modification, the false bottom 0 not being jointed to the lid or cover B, but having attached to it one end of a tape or cord, H, (preferably two tapes or cords, one at each side of the false bottom,) the other end of the tape or cord H being attached to the lid B, so that on opening and laying back the lid the false bottom 0 will be raised by the tape or cord H to the proper incline, while at the same time such tape or cord will serve to hold the lid B in the required position. In this case it is also well to have the flange a hinged to the lidB instead of havin git rigidly attached thereto, so that on closing the lid 13 the flange a may swing toward and lie close against the lid or cover B. 4

It may also be remarked that the lens E,instead of being mounted on a holder, which is set in the clamp or clamps d, maybe mounted on a series of arms connected to one another and to the receptacle by hinges ff, Fig. 5, so that the arms composing the lens-holder may be swung out to the position shown in Fig. 5,

ready for use, or else folded one against the other, and then folded overinto the receptacle when the same is not in use.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A picture-exhibitor consisting of a receptacle, A, the lid B,hinged thereto and provided with the object-supporting flange a, and the false bottom 0, connected at one end with the bottom of the receptacle and at the other end with thelid, said false bottom being of such length and construction, as set forth, to form a brace for sustaining the lid in an inclined position when thrown open, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a picture-exhibitor, of the receptacle A, the lid B, hinged thereto and provided with the object-supportin g flange a, the false bottom G, connected at one end with the bottom of the receptacle and at the other end with the lid, and by its length and construction serving as a brace to sustain the lid in an inclined position when thrown open, and a lens connected with the front edge of the receptacle, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAV L. J AEGER.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, WILLIAM MILLER. 

